[Congressional Record Volume 166, Number 107 (Wednesday, June 10, 2020)]
[Senate]
[Pages S2890-S2891]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 1638. Mr. BLUMENTHAL submitted an amendment intended to be 
proposed to amendment SA 1617 proposed by Mr. Gardner (for himself, Mr. 
Manchin, Mr. Daines, Mr. Warner, Mr. Portman, Ms. Cantwell, Mr. 
Alexander, Mr. King, Mr. Burr, Mr. Tester, Ms. Collins, Mr. Udall, Mr. 
Boozman, Mr. Schumer, Mr. Blunt, Ms. Harris, Mrs. Capito, Mr. Peters, 
Mr. Tillis, Ms. Baldwin, Ms. McSally, Mr. Casey, Mr. Graham, Mr. 
Heinrich, Mr. Bennet, Mrs. Feinstein, Mr. Sanders, Mr. Booker, Ms. 
Cortez Masto, Mr. Merkley, Mr. Wyden, Mr. Kaine, Ms. Sinema, Ms. Rosen, 
Mr. Coons, Ms. Smith, Ms. Hassan, Mrs. Gillibrand, Mrs. Murray, Mr. 
Durbin, Mrs. Shaheen, Mr. Blumenthal, Mr. Jones, Mr. Van Hollen, Mr. 
Menendez, Mr. Cardin, Mr. Brown, Ms. Hirono, Ms. Warren, Mr. Murphy, 
Ms. Klobuchar, Ms. Duckworth, Ms. Stabenow, Mr. Leahy, Mr. McConnell, 
Mr. Markey, Mr. Roberts, Mr. Perdue, Mr. Cramer, and Mr. Schatz) to the 
bill H.R. 1957, to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to modernize 
and improve the Internal Revenue Service, and for other purposes; which 
was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

        At the end, add the following:

     SEC. ___. PROHIBITION OF USE OF FUNDS TO IMPLEMENT THE 
                   PRESIDENTIAL PROCLAMATION MODIFYING THE 
                   NORTHEAST CANYONS AND SEAMOUNTS MARINE NATIONAL 
                   MONUMENT.

       (a) Findings.--Congress finds that--

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       (1) the Presidential Proclamation of June 5, 2020, relating 
     to ``Modifying the Northeast Canyons and Seamounts Marine 
     National Monument'' is illegal and should not be carried out;
       (2) the President does not have the legal authority under 
     the Constitution of the United States or any Federal law to 
     eliminate the protections necessary for the ``proper care and 
     management'' of the ``objects of scientific and historic 
     interest'' at a national monument, as required under chapter 
     3203 of title 54, United States Code;
       (3) only Congress may make a significant change in the 
     protection of a national monument;
       (4) in attempting to roll back the protections for the 
     Northeast Canyons and Seamounts Marine National Monument 
     under Presidential Proclamation 9496, as issued on September 
     15, 2016 (54 U.S.C. 320301 note), the action of the President 
     on June 5, 2020, was unlawful; and
       (5) Congress should not provide funds to implement the 
     modifications to Presidential Proclamation 9496, as issued on 
     September 15, 2016 (54 U.S.C. 320301 note).
       (b) Funding Prohibition.--No funds, resources, or fees made 
     available to the Secretary of Commerce, the Secretary of the 
     Interior, or any other official of a Federal agency by any 
     Act for any fiscal year may be used to implement or enforce 
     the Presidential Proclamation issued on June 5, 2020, which 
     modifies the Northeast Canyons and Seamounts Marine National 
     Monument.
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